The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-04
THEY FAIL TO AGREE
A Split Among the Members
of the Utah Commission.
CARLTON AND MeCLERNAND
VIII Make = Minority Report-The
Views ofThomas, Williams and
Godfrey-General.
A Split in tho Ranks.

WASHINGTON, October sc. l.. God
frey, A. B. Williams and Arthur l..
Thomas constituting majority OF the
Utah Commission, have filed with the
Secretary of the Interior the annual re-
port of the Commission on the affairs
of that Territory. A memorandum at
the close of the document states that
Commissioners Carlton and McClern-
and,
DISSENTING FROM MANY VIEWS
expressed therein, do not sign the re-
port. The population of the Territory
is estimated at 200, OO0-a gain of nearly
GO, 600 since 1880. The valuation of
the property assessed in the several
counties of the Territory is
given as $35 ,665, 802. The prosperity of
has been equal to that of any former
period in the history of the Territory.
On April 1st, of the present year. the
total Mormon population in the Terri
tories of Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Wyom-
ing and New Mexico, and the States of
Nevada ana Colorado, was 16l 1888. Tith-
ing for 1880 (2) was $54G 900, The
strength Of
THE NoN-MoRNoN ELEMENT
is estimated at 5000. This element
now own of the ass ssed property of the
Territory nearly one-third, exclusive of
railroad property. The different reli-
gious denominations have now in Utah
sixty two churches. These churches
have established and control eighty
seven schools, with an aggreg ste of
6,68S pupils and 230 teachers. Since the
passage of the
RDMUNDs Law
n 1882, 541 persons have been indicted
for unlawful cohabitation, and 289 of
those were convicted. The number con-
victed of polygamy was fourteen.
Many of the persons indicted have tried
to escape arrest. In the enforcement
of the law the report says the officers
of the Federal courts in Utah are en-
titled to special commentator. The
national laws relating to bigamy and
polygamy have been IN effective opera
ton Tor about three wears. The Nor
mon leaders and their obedient fol-
lowers have made no concessions to its
supremacy, and
THE ISSUE IS soUARELY MAINTAINED
between assumed revelations and the
laws of the land. The report then cites
the already published results of the
election under the registry law on the
1st of August last, and of the conven-
ton in June and the subsequent cleo
ton participated in by Mormons only,
in which q Constitution was adopted
with view to an application to Con-
gress for admission as a State. The
Commission regards this as an effort
TO FREE THE MORMON CHURCH
from the tolls which the firm attitude
of government and the energetic course
of the Federal officers have thrown
around it, and opposes its consumma-
ton: During the past year the names
of siIty-seVen men have been reported
to the Commission as having entered
into polygamy. The Commission re-
news its recommendations of last year,
except such as were enacted into law at
the last session. of Congress. The Com
mission also recommends that author
ity be conferred upon the Governor of
the Territory to appoint the following
county officers: Selectmen, clerks, as
SCISSORS, recorders and superintendent
of district schools.
IN CONCLUSION,
the Commission submits that in its
opinion the results which have followed
from the passage of the Edmunds act
have been very beneficial to the Terri
tory. 1t has provided a fair, honest
and orderly system of elections, and it
is universally conceded by Mormons
and non-M ormons that there has been no
charge nor even rumor of fraud in con-
nection with Ithe registration of voters
and the conduct of elections since the
Commission first commenced its work.
The Crows.